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The hobbits walk to their own little bedding. Each of them finally falls asleep but sleep seems to have abandoned me. I bring my knees to my chest and rock back and forth, back and forth. The stars also seem to have forsaken us. I shiver in the cold of the night. I'm not the only one awake though; Aragorn is keeping watch. I make my way towards him.

"Hello," I say sitting down next to him.

"Lady Hermione," He replies. "Why do you not sleep?"

"I can't," I reply. "I feel like something terrible is about to occur."

He's quiet for a moment.

"You will feel that way often I'm afraid," he says.

I run a shaky hand through my hair as we sit in silence.

"I know." I finally reply. "You can sleep Aragorn. I'll keep watch. I'm not tired anyways."

"That's alright Lady Hermione. It will be a pleasure to speak to someone while I watch over the drearyness of this night." I smile at him.

"I'm not particularly talkative," I say and he smiles back softly.

"Neither am I."

From that point on, we are entirely silent. I lay down in the soft grass and watch the starless sky overhead. Fathomless, inky black, stretching on forever. A void above us. I laugh inwardly at that, remembering when we first fell through the void.

"What are you thinking?" It is not Aragorn's voice that meets my ears.

"Harry." I don't sit up, but he comes to lay down beside me. "Look at the sky," I say. I don't have to look over to know that he's complying. "What does it remind you of?"

"The void," he replies. His voice is laced with amusment and regret.

"You miss Ginny," I say. It's not a question.

"More than anything."

"I'll try to figure out a way for us to get home Harry. Really, I will."

"I know."

We both fall silent.

"I'm supposed to be sleeping," Harry admits. "It's Legolas' watch, but I wanted to talk to my best friend."

"Go to sleep," I tell him. The silence between us is begining to feel awkward.

"Goodnight Hermione."

"Goodnight Harry."


Harry heads back to his bedding and moments later, Legolas is at my side.

"Legolas," I say.

"Lady Hermione."

"Thank you again for the necklace..." I sit up and turn, my eyes meeting his bright blue ones. His lips pull upward just a little.

"You are welcome," he replies. "And you are also cold." I blink twice at his perception.

"Very," I admit truthfully. "I didn't remember to bring anything warm with me when we left... I wasn't expecting it to be this cold." I shake my head at myself.

"Be more prepared next time Lady Hermione," he says covering my shoulders with his blanket. I open my mouth to say something, but no words come out.

Finally I push out a simple thank you. He only nods in aknowledgment.

"Also, though," I say quietly, "I'd like to thank you for saving me from the birds..."

"There is no need. I would have done the same for any of the other members of this Fellowship in need."

"I know, but I still want to thank you."

"Then you are welcome," he replies. I smile softly and turn away to look back at the sky. I toy with my hair pressing my lips together as my eyes begin, finally to droop. I close my eyes and dissapear into the darkness of sleep.


Yay! Chapter finished! I'll try to update ASAP though. Seriously, I feel really bad for not getting to you guys sooner but this has been my year of unfortunate events. We've settled down in a house thought... Finally! So yay!R&R! Love you all!